OH prophetic bird so bright, <br />Blossom-songster, cuckoo bight! <br />In the fairest time of year, <br />Dearest bird, oh! deign to hear <br />What a youthful pair would pray, <br />Do thou call, if hope they may: <br />Thy cuck-oo, thy cuck-oo. <br />Ever more cuck-oo, cuck-oo! <br /> <br />Hearest thou? A loving pair <br />Fain would to the altar fare; <br />Yes! a pair in happy youth, <br />Full of virtue, full of truth. <br />Is the hour not fix'd by fate? <br />Say, how long must they still wait? <br />Hark! cuck-oo! hark! cuck-oo! <br />Silent yet! for shame, cuck-oo! <br /> <br />'Tis not our fault, certainly! <br />Only two years patient be! <br />But if we ourselves please here, <br />Will pa-pa-papas appear? <br />Know that thou'lt more kindness do us, <br />More thou'lt prophesy unto us. <br />One! cuck-oo! Two! cuck-oo! <br />Ever, ever, cuck-oo, cuck-oo, coo! <br /> <br />If we've calculated clearly, <br />We have half a dozen nearly. <br />If good promises we'll give, <br />Wilt thou say how long we'II live? <br />Truly, we'll confess to thee, <br />We'd prolong it willingly. <br />Coo cuck-oo, coo cuck-oo, <br />Coo, coo, coo, coo, coo, coo, coo, coo, coo! <br /> <br />Life is one continued feast-- <br />(If we keep no score, at least). <br />If now we together dwell, <br />Will true love remain as well? <br />For if that should e'er decay, <br />Happiness would pass away. <br />Coo cuck-oo, coo cuck-oo, <br />Coo, coo, coo, coo, coo, coo, coo, coo, coo!<br /><br />Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-spring-oracle/
